Andy Pettitte has been quite good lately, even considering that shellacking by Chicago. The right teams keep losing and the Yankees have leapfrogged both Cleveland and Baltimore and only trail Tampa for the last Wild Card spot. This is going up before the lineup is announced, but it wasn’t correct yesterday and we survived, so hopefully we’ll manage without one today.
The Yankees need a winning streak but quick and lookie here, a chance to win two in a row. Ivan Nova’s breath-of-fresh-air blows to the mound against mid-season trade acquisition Scott Feldman. Feldman has only completed six innings in four of nine starts for Baltimore and this is the Yankee lineup looking to knock him out of the box:
Brett Gardner CF
Derek Jeter SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson LF
Mark Reynolds 1B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
RHP Ivan Nova
Play today; win today.
After a couple of poor starts, our man Hiroki aims to please.
Brett Gardner CF
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson DH
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Eduardo Nunez 2B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
Never mind customs:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Via: It’s a Long Season]
I’m slippin’, I admit it. The Yanks have handled the Jays this year. So why does something tell me that stops this week, especially with Phil Hughes pitching tonight?
Stupid Heebie Jeebies.
Brett Gardner CF
Derek Jeter SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson DH
Lyle Overbay 1B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Austin Romine C
Jeter’s back.
Never mind the Birds:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Yanks look to avoid the sweep:
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano DH
Curtis Granderson LF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Mark Reynolds 3B
Chris Stewart C
Never mind those brooms: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Bruce Davidson]
That’d be C.C. Sabathia and David Price, fat and skinny, but both large men.
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Vernon Wells DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Reynolds 1B
Austin Romine C
Yanks need this one.
Never mind the dome:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture by Bags]
Our man Hiroki, looking to rebound after a so-so start against the Red Sox, goes tonight in Tampa. Yanks on the creep.
Is it real or is it memorex?
Brett Gardner CF
Curtis Granderson DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Eduardo Nunez SS
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
Never mind the cowbells:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Alex Rodriguez promises to shut his people up about all non-baseball-related mishegoss. Let’s see how long that lasts. Meanwhile, he pal David Ortiz had this to say:
“I didn’t like it. I don’t think it was the right thing to do,” Ortiz told USA TODAY Sports. “But we don’t all think alike, and the guy who did it, Dempster, is a great guy. It’s not that I didn’t think it was right because Alex and I are friends, because once you cross the white lines, everyone’s on their own.
“But we’ve got Tampa right on our heels, and that pitch woke up a monster in the Yankees’ team at that moment. You saw how the game ended up. CC (Sabathia) was throwing 91 (mph) and started throwing 96. Alex later hit one way out there. You’re talking about a good team that you can’t wake up. But we learn from our mistakes.”
Andy’s on the hill this afternoon. Gray skies in New York so it could be a wet one.
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Vernon Wells DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Reynolds 1B
Eduardo Nunez SS
Chris Stewart C
Never mind the brooms:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Via: Casaboobcas]
It’s Adam Warren with the start tonight against R.A. Dickey.
Brett Gardner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Jayson Nix 3B
Austin Romine C
Never mind the knuckler:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Ah, just got Elmore on the brain.
Yanks and Jays play 2 today.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson LF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Jayson Nix SS
Chris Stewart C
Nova goes first; Hughes tonight.
Never mind the nonsense:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: hisaya katagami…man, I just love this picture.]
Okay, are the Yankees’ cooked, have you given up hope, or do you believe that they can still make a run? If you think they’ve still got a chance then tonight’s performance is a big one for the Big Fella. Biggest game of the year, in fact.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson DH
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Stewart C
Never mind the ESPN Dummies:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Elliott Erwitt]
Our man Hiroki vs. Big John Lackey.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson DH
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Stewart C
Never mind the Fox announcers:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Yanks and Sox in Boston.
Bring the ruckus. Or rumpus. Or whatever you want to call it.
Never mind the hostilities:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Via: BullDays]
Good gorsh, day game. I forgot.
It’s chuck-and-duck Phil Hughes.
1. Brett Gardner CF
2. Alfonso Soriano LF
3. Robinson Cano 2B
4. Alex Rodriguez 3B
5. Vernon Wells RF
6. Curtis Granderson DH
7. Eduardo Nunez SS
8. Lyle Overbay 1B
9. Austin Romine C
Never mind my tardiness: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: New York Explorer]
Ivan Nova squares off against the talented Mr. Weaver.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Curtis Granderson DH
Alfonso Soriano LF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Eduardo Nunez SS
Chris Stewart C
Never mind getting ahead of ourselves:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Kevin Hulsey]
It’s C.C. C’mon Big Fella, we got your back.
Eduardo Nunez SS
Alfonso Soriano LF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Vernon Wells RF
Curtis Granderson CF
Jayson Nix 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Austin Romine C
Never mind the raindrops:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Martha Cooper]
Our man Hiroki vs The Wonder Boy and his gang of Angels.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Curtis Granderson RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Chris Stewart C
Oy, with these Angels. Even when they’re a lousy team, I still don’t like ’em.
Never mind the Halo’s: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: John Kingman]
Andy, man, he’s looked old this summer. But he’s on the hill today against Justin Verlander.
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Alfonso Soriano LF
Curtis Granderson DH
Eduardo Nunez SS
Chris Stewart C
Never mind reality:
Let’s Go Yank-ees
[Photo via: Aberrant Beauty]
Once again, it’s our pal Phil Hughes. On a humid summer day. Against a powerful-hitting team. Yeah, so, I know, it doesn’t look good for him. And I’ve been as down on him as anyone but you know what? Screw it.
The man needs some love. And today, he’s getting it from my corner of the Bronx.
Day-off for Rodriguez:
Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alfonso Soriano DH
Curtis Granderson LF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Jayson Nix 3B
Austin Romine C
Never mind the odds:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Leroy H. Woodson via This Isn’t Happiness]
The Yanks limp home to the Bronx. Alex Rodriguez’s return is the only thing breathing life into a weekend series against a formidable Tigers team.
1. Gardner CF
2. Suzuki RF
3. Cano 2B
4. Soriano DH
5. Rodriguez 3B
6. Granderson LF
7. Overbay 1B
8. Nunez SS
9. Stewart C
It’s Nova…
Never mind the bollocks: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
